While he wasn't able to help much, since he's not able to be my representative, I guess he did put the screws on the Seller's agent since I implied that I was looking for ways to break the contract.

If you're a cash flow investor (as you're implying in your post), what does the $4k in closing costs really matter to you?

Ever so subtly implied in that sentence is an unspoken conclusion.

You mention you don't make much money in cash flow, which implies maybe you weren't super clear on your numbers when purchasing - the saying 'you make your money when you buy' holds true.

(Profit and IRR both imply realizing net worth growth at some point, generally by selling.)Increasing net worth is the real goal we should all have.  

This obviously implies more diverse work, more/better networking (public and private money lenders, contractors, other investors, etc.), more/better marketing and overall a more extensive real estate business.

I didn't want to say TK because that usually implies buying from one of these TK companies.  

paying double transfer fees.Just because you can do something does not imply you should ... 

This implies we will lose one (hopefully only one) STR.  

I am not implying that one cannot succeed investing in Cleveland RE.